Area Obituaries

Mr. Roy Fowler age 59 of Carthage was pronounced deceased at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage at 11:39 a.m. Friday afternoon September 12, 2025 by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston where he was admitted to the facility on Thursday evening. He had suffered a fatal heart attack at his Jefferson Avenue East…

Mrs. Jewel Castor, of the Grant Community died peacefully at 3:03 a.m. Saturday morning September 6, 2025 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville at the age of 65. She had been admitted September 5th suffering from complications from a stroke. The Illinois native was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and…

Mrs. Linda Marvine Hunt Gill age 82, of the Brush Creek Community of Smith County finally decided to rest, though she fought it every step of the way on Saturday September 13, 2025, at home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Gill was born June 21, 1943 a daughter of the late Robert Seldon Hunt…

Mr. James Ray “Jimmy” Griffin, age 80 of the South Carthage Community of Smith County passed away peacefully at 11:27 AM Saturday September 13, 2025 at Highpoint Health-Riverview Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital. He was surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Griffin was born November 6, 1944 to the late James Homer Griffin and Alberta Woodard…

Glenn Beckwith, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully, surrounded by the family he loved so deeply. Glenn lived a life full of laughter, generosity, and heart. He was a gardener, a woodworker, a world traveler, and a man who never passed up a good joke–or a plate of cookies and peanut butter…

Mr. David Lee Hunt, age 71, of the Brush Creek Community of Smith County passed away on Tuesday September 9, 2025. David was born on December 23, 1953 in Carthage, TN a son of the late Hugh Edwin Hunt and Cora Harrison Hunt. He was a graduate of Smith County High School. He married Judy…

Mrs. Ann Conger Wilson age 82 of the Tanglewood Community passed quietly at the family’s Morris Drive home with her family at her bedside. She was pronounced deceased at 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon September 7, 2025 by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston following a new flare up of lung cancer after seven years of leading-edge treatment…

Mr. Cobie Sadler of Lebanon entered into eternal rest at 3:55 a.m. Saturday morning August 30, 2025 with his wife and daughter at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased at the age of 81 at the family’s Wildwood Avenue home at 4:44 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of…

A highly respected and soft spoken Graveltown Community farmer, Mr. Kenny Gregory, was discovered unresponsive at his Hackett Hollow farm home on Friday morning September 5, 2025 by his daughter. A call for an ambulance was dispatched at 7:02 a.m. and Station 3 in the Monoville Community arrived moments later. Mr. Gregory was pronounced deceased…

Mrs. Helen Chambers Hood-Broxson of Saint Augustine, Florida died at the age of 87 at 7:43 a.m. Tuesday morning August 26, 2025 at the Baptist South Community Hospice in Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida. She was at the Craig Funeral Home in Saint Augustine and the funeral in Florida was conducted on Saturday September 6th…